Sahu of the Irgen Gioro Clan

Origins and the principal descendant

Sahu belonged to the Irgen Gioro clan of the Plain Yellow Banner, associated with the locality of Laibu village. His family joined the Manchu polity during the Tiancong reign. Volume 15 of the *Comprehensive Genealogy of the Eight Banner Manchu Clans* chiefly records the military career of his eldest son, Shanaha. Initially described as an unattached Banner man, Shanaha was among the first to scale the walls during the attack on Datong's Left Guard and received the honorific *Baturu*, or “brave,” together with the hereditary merit title *qiduwei*.

Military service, demotion and succession

Later naval service around Zhoushan contributed to Shanaha's promotion in hereditary dignity to *qingche duwei*. The source also records his subsequent punishment: his *Baturu* designation was withdrawn and his dignity reduced. This reversal is essential to his biography; the brave-name cannot be treated as a permanent, uninterrupted honour. Shanaha separately held the substantive office of *dutong*, a senior Banner commander. His battles, decoration, discipline and command appointment belong to him, not to his father Sahu.

Succession passed through descendants including Shangde and Shanfu, and later shifted to a collateral ancestral branch after a holder died without a son. The genealogy does not justify rewriting this sequence as an unbroken father–son inheritance.

Other members and limits

Sahu's second son Yanaha formerly served as a *xieling*, or assistant Banner commander. Other descendants held positions including garrison command, ceremonial service, company command and clerical writing. The source notes a wider clan connection with Karji of Fe Ala but does not establish close kinship. The specific location of Laibu, the dates of demotion and the full succession details require further archival verification.